Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto… Go, Masashi-sama!!!!
Author's Note: Yosh! Even I have many assignments and projects piling up, I still managed to finish this chapter! WEEEE! Hope you like it! Ugh, do you know I hate "Balagtasan"??? Anyways, REVIEW!!!
Chapter3 – The Plan Commences!
Haruno Sakura, a beautiful young pink haired woman. Under Tsunade's training & guidance, became a full pledge medic-nin. She grew up to be a fine and strong shinobi. Along with her friends, she continues to do what's best for their village.
Standing on the bridge, her short soft pink hair sways along with the breeze as she waits for her companions to arrive on their usual waiting spot. The bridge, the same old bridge, which holds fond memories and bad memories, the bridge where it all began, where it all ended and where it all started again.
A soft sigh escaped her lips as she leaned on the railings. Sensing two very familiar chakra's, she turned around to see Naruto and Sasuke arrived in all their full glory.
Seeing both of them is enough to make her day go from bad to good. They were like her two brothers who always looked out for her. This is why she loved them both so much.
Sakura stood up straight, gently smoothed his dark blue knee-length skirt and fixed her slightly creased carnation pink button blouse. Tapping her brown boots, she clasped both her hands on her back and waited for them expectantly.
It's great sometimes, for the whole team to be whole once again. Especially, since most of the female population in Konoha envies her for having the two most drop-dead gorgeous guys as best friends and teammates. Who knew that Naruto would turn out to be a fine and still cute young man, while Sasuke grew to be more handsome than ever?
"Ohayou! SAKURA – CHAAAAAAN!!!!!!" cried the ever so hyperactive ninja who is waving his hands in a wild manner bouncing happily towards her. Sakura smiled at how Naruto's sunny disposition would never change.
THWACK!
"ITAI..!!!! Why'd you hit me Sakura-chan??"
"Reflexes. And it's still too early for being loud." scolded Sakura in a friendly manner. Smiling, she turned around to face the passive Uchiha.
"Ohayou, Sasuke-kun" greeted Sakura. Her crush towards Sasuke is long gone. All that's left is respect and the all knowing sibling-love that the three of them shared.
"Ohayou." greeted Sasuke back.
"NANI??? Why'd you only greet Sasuke-teme? How about me???" cried Naruto, arms crossed, cheeks puffed up and lips pouting childishly.
'…aaw…how cute…' thought both by Sasuke and Sakura.
"Baka." Sakura approached the pouting blond and pinched his cheeks.
"Ow! That hurt! Lemme go!! " cried Naruto. Sakura let go and Naruto pouted at her while nursing his abused cheeks.
Sakura then smiled at Naruto. In return, Naruto gave her his big bright cheeky smile. Then, Sakura did the same. Which Naruto tried to outdid with another sparkly smile. Then, Sakura did the same too. Then, so on and so forth and from a simple smile became a smiling competition.
Sasuke on the other hand, is wearing his sunglasses. O.o
Why, you ask?
Well, the sun is shining. That's okay. But, when the shining sun has an accompaniment of two brightly shining smiles. His poor eyes can't take it. Too bright. We don't want Sasuke to have eye problems. Don't we?
"Yo! What do we have here?"
The three all turned their heads to where the voice came from.
"Kakashi-sensei?!?" cried Naruto pointing at their newly arrived teacher.
"Ah! Unbelievable, you're not late!" gasped Sakura, her eyes growing wider.
"Hn." said Sasuke looking bored but amusement can be seen in his eyes.
There stood Kakashi in all his manly (and perverted) glory. (A/N: Sorry Kakashi!)
Holding his usual Icha Icha Paradise orange book, he was wearing his Anbu uniform along with his mask.
"Well, it's been a while since the four of us are together, ne?" replied their sensei, the uncovered eye tilting upwards. That means, he's smiling.
"Yeah…" replied the three simultaneously. They exchanged surprised glances but changed into a soft smile. Sasuke smirked.
"Ne, sensei. Why are you wearing your Anbu uniform?" asked Naruto.
"After our small briefing, I will depart immediately to Water Country. I have a mission there."
Sakura and Naruto mouthed an 'o'.
"Let's go now. Shall we team?" Kakashi asked, turning around towards the direction of the Hokage's tower.
"OSSU!" cried Naruto, raising his fist on the air.
"Hai..!" said Sakura enthusiastically.
"Hn." Sasuke grunted in response.
-flashback-
Team 7's anniversary and Tsunade called them for a C-rank mission. Her purpose is to reunite them once in a while since they are now not Team 7 anymore but independent shinobi's and Anbu of Konohagakure. Team 7 really appreciated her thoughtfulness.
This mission is only to bring a scroll to the Country of Snow. Kakashi must wear his old Jounin uniform so that his rank as an Anbu will be a secret. It is an Anbu's duty to hide themselves and their personality.
Team 7 finished it easily without interference and celebrated their anniversary in the Snow Country.
-end of flashback-
"Hokage-sama, we're here." said Kakashi along with the shuffling of papers and a glug of sake that can be heard from the office.
"Come in." replied a voice behind the door.
Team 7, entered the premises to find Tsunade busy working with stacks of papers filing up on her desk. She stopped what she's doing and motioned for them to come near. Black lines forming below her eyes, indicating that she's tired, really tired.
"So, how's the anniversary mission?" asked Tsunade looking at them with a small smile on her lips. Her eyes grazing from Kakashi to Sakura then to Sasuke and then lastly to Naruto.
This team really experienced hard times before but look at them now, still united and strong. Seeing them made her feel proud to have great shinobi's inside her village.
"It went well, Hokage-sama. I-…" replied Kakashi when Naruto suddenly interrupted.
"Eh, Baa-chan! You could've given us a higher ranking mission! You know the ones that I can kick butts?" whined Naruto, squinting his eyes and raising his head in disapproval.
"Don't whine, baka!" scolded Sakura.
"Usuratonkachi." said Sasuke.
"Nani? I'm just-…" Naruto stopped in mid-sentence when he heard a crackling sound. He nervously turned around to see Tsunade's aura turned to black with the word 'annoyed' floating behind her.
"Do you have a problem with it, Na-ru-to??" Tsunade's voice was laced with annoyance, exhaustion and pure malice. Take note, never ever make Tsunade angry when she's tired.
"Uh…uh…uhm…nothing! Nothing at all! Right, everyone?" replied Naruto nervously looking at his ex-teammates for help. They all just sweat dropped and sighed.
"Naa…Hokage-sama, Naruto was just fooling around." said Kakashi , holding his two hands up in the air assuring as if he's guilty or something.
Tsunade's aura brightened up immediately and smiled at them as if nothing happened earlier. Team 7 again sweatdropped.
Making the Hokage mad when she's in her highest state of fatigue is really bad, so bad, you could end up in the hospital for many years. After some small talk, they all gave their reports and Tsunade dismissed them.
"Wolf, we need to talk before you go to your mission." said Tsunade, she's referring to Kakashi, and Wolf is Kakashi's Anbu name.
"Hai, Hokage-sama." replied Wolf, seeing to it that his three members already left before he turned to Tsunade.
"Hokage-sama, it's clever for you to use the Team7's anniversary as a decoy to make me inquire things about the missing-nin." said Wolf smugly. Tsunade looked at him and smirked, and then she became serious.
"So, what did you find out?" asked Tsunade, as she poured herself a cup of sake and drank it.
"Hokage-sama. The missing-nin was found lately in Snow Country and…" Wolf faltered.
"And?" asked Tsunade irritated by Kakashi's (a.k.a Wolf, in case you forgot.) sense of suspense.
"And… I found out, that he is an assassin from the underworld group called the Dark Nins."
"What?? The Dark Nins?!? (1) But-"
Meanwhile, the trio was eating ramen at The Ichiraku's. (much to Naruto's delight) When Sakura said goodbye to them after finishing her meal, telling them that it's because she have a date with Rock Lee today. It's been a while now since they started going out and everything is just fine. But before everything, Rock Lee had to ask for permission from Naruto and Sasuke.
After all, they will just never give up their 'best friend and sister figure' to just anyone without making sure that he's the right one.
Sasuke was the one who did not make it easy for Rock Lee. His reasons are that he wants Sakura to be happy with someone and that someone will just as much make her twice happy. He was guilty for not being able to give happiness to the girl but, he doesn't feel the same way so he had to break her heart on the long run.
In the end, Rock Lee got the duo's permission and Sakura was just too happy to have two best friends and two brother figures that only cares and only wants what's good for her. Sakura smiled as she waved at Naruto and Sasuke goodbye. They had really gotten pretty close, it's like they were her second family now.
Walking away from the stall, she heard Sasuke scolding Naruto that if he continues on eating ramen they would never finish their work. Work? It's their day off, why work? Sakura just shook her head and decided to ask about it later because she's really already late for her date with Rock Lee.
Back with the two,
"Come on, dobe." said Sasuke standing up and grabbing Naruto's arm.
"EH? Sasuke one more bowl?" plead Naruto as he struggled to break free from Sasuke's grip.
"No, you already ate ten bowls. That's enough."
"But, we had a deal!"
"The deal's not starting yet, Usuratonkachi. Be happy I'm the one who's paying today."
Naruto grumbled and stood up too. Sasuke released him and paid the store owner. The owner bowed and smiled at them.
'…these two never ceases to amaze me….' said the owner to himself as he sees them off. Feeling proud to have great shinobi's as his best customers. His eyes widened when Naruto turned around and waved at him. He smiled and waved too.
'…especially that Naruto….'
"So, what's the plan now?" asked Naruto as he skipped happily beside Sasuke. Sasuke's brows furrowed as he thought on what they should do.
"I guess we'll buy things for your female version. You don't have girl's clothes right? Or do you?" giving emphasize on the 'do you' in a mocking tone and smirked at Naruto. Naruto's eyes narrowed and glared at Sasuke when he realized that the Uchiha is making fun of him.
"Teme!"
Sasuke chuckled. It's really easy to tick Naruto off. While Naruto was just surprised to hear Sasuke chuckle and looked at the raven as if he'd grown two heads.
"What?" said Sasuke as he eyed the blond suspiciously.
"You chuckled!" cried Naruto.
"So?"
"So?!? I mean, it's unusual for you to smile but it's very rare to hear you laugh, you know."
Sasuke just continued walking, his face back to being a stoic one.
"…and I like it when you laugh…" added Naruto that sounded almost as audible as a whisper but still Sasuke heard it. Sasuke stared at Naruto and found the blond was looking away and has a light blush on his face. Smiling, he opened his mouth to speak.
"You really mean that?" asked Sasuke avoiding Naruto's look and stared at the road they're walking on.
"Mean what?" replied Naruto, looking down intently on the ground and kicking a few pebbles along the way.
"That you like my laugh."
"Uhhh…" Naruto sighed mentally. "…yeah…"
"Good."
"Huh?" Naruto looked up at the Uchiha and was about to speak when the raven stopped.
"We're here."
Naruto was taken aback when he saw Sasuke's house in front of him. When did they arrive? Maybe he was too focused on Sasuke's un-Sasuke like actions that he did not notice that they had already reached their destination.
"Before we shop, you must transform into a girl. It would be weird if people see two guys buying girl's clothes. At least if I'm with your girl version, it would not look too suspicious."
Naruto nodded and followed Sasuke inside the mansion. As soon as they went inside, they walked into the living room and Naruto started to perform hand seals.
"Sexy-no-Jutsu!"
A puff of smoke poofed, and when it dispersed, their stood Naruto in his girl version. For Sasuke, it was still Naruto except he had more noticeable curves, long blonde hair cascading up until his hips that's tied in pigtails, medium but full sized breast and the most adorable cute looking eyes. He had to admit, Naruto did make a very pretty girl.
Sasuke even noticed that Naruto's get up changed, the T-shirt hoodie changed into a sleeveless shirt hoodie that fitted her nicely shaped body, the cargo pants changed into a knee-length denim skirt and the Havianas slippers became two dainty two inch heeled slip-on with orange swirl designs.
"Hn. I guess there's no need to buy you things." said Sasuke still examining Naruto in a girl form.
"Yeah… I can change my clothes to fit my girl version but this still requires an added amount of chakra." Sasuke nodded then climbed up in his room.
"Wait here, okay?"
"You like it?" asked Naruto suddenly making the raven stop.
"Like what?"
"Me." Sasuke's heart thumped. "No, what I mean is, does my transformation suits to your liking?"
Sasuke felt somewhat relieved and turned around to climb the stairs. "It's fine. You look pretty." Naruto smiled cheekily.
After a minute or two, Sasuke came down and gave Naruto a small gift bag. Naruto looked at Sasuke dubiously and opened the bag. Inside it, was a box, and inside the box was a silver bracelet with a little ramen bowl pendant, and in that pendant was an engraving of their initials S and N.
Naruto took it and held it in the air, examining at it curiously. He tilted his head to ask Sasuke what it's for when Sasuke noticed and he answered immediately so that Naruto would not ask anymore.
"It's for you. I learned from those fan girls that if a boy will give a girl a bracelet with their initials on the first day they became a couple, it will give good luck on both of them. I just want you to have it as a lucky charm for this task but the lady on the jewelry shop insisted on putting our initials on it. So I did." explained Sasuke.
"Wow! Thanks Sasuke! This is so cool!"cried Naruto in disbelief.
Sasuke took the bracelet from Naruto and reached out for Naruto's left arm and quickly latched the bracelet on the blond. Naruto then grinned at his best friend and Sasuke let himself a tiny smile.
"It looks good on you. Wear it sometimes, 'kay?" said Sasuke as he turned around to face the door.
"I'll wear it always! But, I guess I won't when I'm in my girl version, right?"
Sasuke did not answer and held both Naruto's cheeks. Naruto stood still as he saw green light emanating from Sasuke's hands. It was a chakra. Then, Sasuke gave Naruto a small mirror and what Naruto saw was his whisker scars are gone!
"What did you do,teme?!?"
"I read it on a medic scroll from Sakura, I just made your scars disappear, since those are your trademarks and it will give away who you really are. It only works when I use it with your jutsu, though. When you change back, your scars will appear again."
"Oh, good. I thought it's gone forever. You know, I already took a fond on them so..you know…" said the blond scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
"Hn. Let's go."
"Ossu!"
Naruto then carefully placed the bracelet on the box and put it back in the bag. He then, catches up with Sasuke. Walking out of the Uchiha's compound, Sasuke slowly reached out at Naruto's hand. Naruto was surprised making him yank his hand away but Sasuke's hold was firm. Sasuke eyed him irritatingly.
"What?!?" yelled the blond.
"We're a couple now. It's natural to hold hands." replied Sasuke bluntly.
"Bu-…But-…" Naruto sighed in defeat. "O..kay…"
'tch, man! That was embarrassing! We're a pretend couple now. Why did I react that way? And my heart beat is gradually getting faster! What the heck's wrong with me?'
Sasuke eyed the blond irritatingly but, deep inside, he was in great turmoil.
'crap! I'm so stupid! Why did I hold his hand? I mean, I know we're a pretend couple but, it's still too early to hold hands! Stupid hand! I hate you!'
After an awkward silence and a tense atmosphere, Naruto relaxed from Sasuke's hold. Sasuke felt it and looked at the blond curiously. Naruto stared back.
"Uhm…let's go now?" asked Naruto awkwardly as his other free hand clutched the small gift bag that Sasuke gave him earlier.
"Hn." was Sasuke's only reply as they made their way towards the shops in Konoha.
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"So, teme. What am I going to do now?" asked the blonde as the two continued walking. Sasuke turned his head to look at the blonde for a second and looked back at the road.
"Well, I guess you'll act as what girlfriends do. And by the way, your name's Koharu."
"Oh, okay! But, the problem is. I don't know what girlfriends do with their boyfriends!" cried Naruto swaying both his and Sasuke's hand.
"Stop swaying! And the reason we're going out is to research on what couples do since I'm a newbie myself. Also, to buy that fox plushy you wanted."
After hearing that Sasuke's going to buy him that stuff toy, Naruto got overjoyed and glomped Sasuke.
"Uwaa! Thanks teme!"
Sasuke was taken off guard by Naruto's sudden action and without anything to do, he hugged the overjoyed blond back.
'haaa…another expense to make…' (2) sighed Sasuke inside his thoughts.
Some old ladies passed by and saw the two, they stopped for a while and 'aaw' – ed at how the two look cute together. Hearing some 'aaw'-s, the two turned their heads to see some old ladies smiling at them. Naruto instantly let go at Sasuke and blushed so hard. Even Sasuke had a blush on his cheeks but not as hard as Naruto's.
One of the old ladies spoke,
"Sorry if we interrupted you, young ones. It's just that seeing both of you makes us remember our times when we're still young and freshly in love."
They then all bowed and seeing them bow, Naruto and Sasuke bowed too. The ladies smiled and gave them good luck before they walked away leaving the two alone again.
"What just happened?" asked Naruto to Sasuke.
"I..don't know…" replied Sasuke to Naruto.
"I guess they really thought were a couple,ne?"
"We are a couple, but a made up one."
After another still silence, Naruto looked at Sasuke and Sasuke looked at Naruto. Then, Naruto started to laugh so did Sasuke.
"Ahahahaha!!! Man, your plan is getting good so far, huh?"
"Hehehehe… your right…"
They exchanged glances again and laughed.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Bet, your fan girls will leave you alone after they see me, huh?"
"Maybe."
"Maybe? You don't trust my acting skills?"
"No, I was just thinking how clumsy you can be."
"Teme!"
"Dobe."
Sasuke straightened up and smirked. Naruto did too and smiling brightly, offered his hand to the Uchiha. Sasuke took the hand and they walked again, feeling like holding hands with each other is the most natural thing in the world.
-Owari-
Author's Note:
(1) – About the underworld group called "Dark Nins"… Well, you'll find out more about that group in the next chapters.
(2) – haha! You know what, Sasuke? Since your deal is to pay Naruto's all-you-can-eat ramen two times a week. I guess, you'll be spending more than just what you spent on buying that bracelet and the stuff toy.
(Sasuke glared at the author. Author hides behind, Gaara. 'wonder where Gaara came from?') JA NE!